Past Events

  • Charles M. Schulz: An American Cartoonist (online event) Charles M. Schulz: An American Cartoonist (online event) July 23, 2022

    Join us via Zoom for a pictorial journey through Charles M. Schulz’s life and career and learn why Peanuts is one of the most popular and influential comic strips ever. This live, interactive experience includes a hands-on, how-to-draw Snoopy workshop at the end (you will need paper, a pencil, an eraser, and your imagination to draw along).

    This event is presented by the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California in partnership with the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s exhibition Celebrating Sparky.

    Registration required. This event is FREE and open to all.

    CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

  • Family Day! Celebrating Sparky: Charles M. Schulz and Peanuts Family Day! Celebrating Sparky: Charles M. Schulz and Peanuts June 25, 2022

    Join the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum for an afternoon of activities and fun for all ages!

    Our new exhibit Celebrating Sparky: Charles M. Schulz and Peanuts honors the life and career of Schulz and marks the centennial of his birth. We welcome you to join us on June 25 from 1-5 pm for a reception including a curator tour of the exhibition, activities for kids, a cartooning workshop taught by the Schulz Museum, and Snoopy’s favorite: root beer and chocolate chip cookies!

  • Opening reception: STILL... Racism in America Opening reception: STILL... Racism in America May 21, 2022

    We are honored to welcome cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft and curator Tara Nakashima Donahue to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum for a program and reception for the opening of STILL: Racism in America – A Retrospective in Cartoons

    6 pm – 7 pm: Reception and time to explore the exhibition
    7 pm – 8 pm: Program with Barbara Brandon-Croft and Tara Nakashima Donahue in conversation with Caitlin McGurk in the Schulz Lecture Hall

    This event is FREE and open to the public.

    Unable to join us in person? Tune in for a live stream of the 7 pm program via Zoom. REGISTER HERE.

    **Please note that the start time for this event was originally listed as 3:00 pm. This was changed to 6:00 pm to avoid a conflict with SPACE, the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo.**

  • Call Me Nathan: An Evening with Quentin Zuttion Call Me Nathan: An Evening with Quentin Zuttion April 28, 2022

    Join the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum for a special event with French author and cartoonist Quentin Zuttion, co-creator of the graphic novel Call Me Nathan.

    Thursday, April 28 at 6pm ET
    Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Will Eisner Room (2nd floor)

    Zuttion will be in conversation with Dr. Margaret Flinn, Associate Professor in The Ohio State University Department of French and Italian. Book signing to follow.

    Unable to attend in person? Register to join the Zoom broadcast here: https://go.osu.edu/callmenathan

  • Virtual Symposium: Global Comics and the Rise of Modern Manga Virtual Symposium: Global Comics and the Rise of Modern Manga March 30, 2022

    Where does manga come from? What role did U.S. comics play in shaping modern manga? How did manga become a dominant force in global comics in recent decades? Join The Institute for Japanese Studies, University Libraries Area Studies and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum as we explore these questions and more in the upcoming virtual symposium “Global Comics and the Rise of Modern Manga.” The discussions will be moderated by Dr. Jared Gardner, Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Collaboratory at The Ohio State University and Dr. Kinko Ito, Professor of Sociology at the University of Arkansas Little Rock. Exploring the development of manga in the twentieth century, three international experts in popular culture and comics studies will contest current narratives that treat manga as exotic or disconnected from its American and European counterparts.

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